Venezuela’s government plans to resume negotiations with the US this week on lifting crippling economic sanctions, President Nicolas Maduro has announced. Monday’s announcement comes less than a month before an election in which the president and his party are facing their toughest challenge in decades. Mr Maduro, who is seeking a third term, wants the […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government plans to resume negotiations with the U.S. government this week, President Nicolás Maduro announced Monday, less than a month before a highly anticipated presidential election in which he and his party are facing their toughest challenge in decades. Maduro, who is seeking a third term, wants the U.S. government […]
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday that he has accepted a proposal to restart direct talks with the United States. “After thinking about it, I have accepted and next Wednesday the talks will restart with the United States government to comply with the agreements signed in Qatar and to reestablish the […]
(Bloomberg) — Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro is willing to sign an agreement to recognize the results of next month’s presidential election despite polls still showing him trailing the opposition’s little-known candidate. Most Read from Bloomberg A confident Maduro said Monday evening that he is willing to “immediately” seal a pact with him and the eight […]
(Bloomberg) — Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro is convinced he can win July’s presidential elections without resorting to fraud. Most Read from Bloomberg But, if he’s wrong, he also has backup plans to cling on to power, according to people who are in contact with the administration, who asked not to be identified discussing sensitive political […]
(Bloomberg) — Venezuela will increase workers’ monthly income by 30% as Nicolás Maduro seeks to bolster support ahead of presidential elections in July. Most Read from Bloomberg Maduro said workers will receive a monthly wage equivalent to $130 from a prior $100, during a speech commemorating the Labor Day holiday on Wednesday. That compares to […]
Venezuela’s main opposition coalition agreed on Friday to unite behind former diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez as its challenger to President Nicolas Maduro in this summer’s election, acting one day before the deadline to formalise its candidate. The decision was reached unanimously by the 10 parties in the Unitary Democratic Platform, Omar Barboza, the coalition’s executive secretary, […]
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday rejected Venezuela’s appeal against a decision to resume an investigation into alleged human rights abuses by government officials. Last year, Caracas appealed a decision to resume the probe, arguing its prosecution should trigger the complementarity principle, where the court can only step […]
By Mayela Armas and Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s recent abrupt reversal in its nascent rapprochement with the United States and domestic opponents is likely a response to declining support among its traditional base, according to sources close to the ruling party, voters and analysts. After months of thawing U.S. relations, the administration of […]
Families and friends have begun burying loved ones who were among at least 16 people killed in the collapse of an illegally operated gold mine in a remote area of central Venezuela. The mournful tributes come as demands mounted for government help with the injured and recovered bodies from Tuesday’s accident — one of the […]
An oil spill is sloshing tarry ooze onto beaches in the state of Carabobo along Venezuela’s western coastline, several environmental groups said on Wednesday. The spill was first detected on Tuesday, Yohan Flores, a regional director of the Azul Ambientalistas NGO, told AFP. “A large part of the beaches of Puerto Cabello are affected,” he […]
A day before their scheduled meeting, Guyana President Mohamed Irfaan Ali called Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro an “outlaw” who is “acting recklessly” in trying to wrest oil-rich land from Guyana. In an interview Wednesday with NBC News Now anchor Tom Llamas, Ali reacted to recent comments by Maduro that Venezuela “immediately will proceed to give […]